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Re:Book Review: Progress and Poverty by MiddleEndian on Friday May 13, 2022 @05:56PM (#31372936)
As much as I think LVT makes sense, having to go to some sort of annual auction for my own land does seem worse than just paying taxes. Along with that being a tedious process, that could put you at the mercy of malicious actors who may just dislike you and have enough cash to outbid you.

Any implementation would have to not include this for people to be able to have stable lives.

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Re:Book Review: Progress and Poverty by imtringued on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:25AM (#31376884)
A yearly auction is overkill. Do it every 5-10 years with a fee the longer you delay the next auction. (Like banks charge more interest the longer a fixed rate loan is)
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Re:Book Review: Progress and Poverty by MiddleEndian on Saturday May 14, 2022 @03:28PM (#31381482)
Eh still sounds pretty terrible really. The assessment people should be able to figure it out however they normally figure out taxes.
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